st: RE: RE: RE: user input as scalar value

Rajesh - I think that if you call your sub-routine do files using -include-
instead of -do- you will retain the locals
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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Rajesh Tharyan
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:34 AM
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Subject: st: RE: RE: user input as scalar value
Hi,
Thank you very much Nick. That is exactly what I was looking for.
Martin, I did think about the dialog box. i.e. to have the do file open
with a dialog box where I set these different parameters. But my entire
program is spilt into 6 or 7 sub programs, that means I would lose the local
macros after each one runs, working around that and programming the dialog
box, seemed too much work for what I was trying to achieve. I wanted quite
simple. But, you are right it may be very useful in certain other
circumstances.
Thanks very much
rajesh
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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: 26 June 2008 14:53
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: RE: user input as scalar value
Yes, you can do this.
A canonical exchange within the do file is
di "Enter value for foo: " _request(foo)
after which local foo contains the value typed.
See -help display-.
I'd rather take arguments from the command line, but that's a matter of
taste.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
Rajesh Tharyan
I have a do file, wherein I have a few scalars which I am using to
expand,
loop , as cutoff limits etc. Is it possible to have the do file
prompt the user to input the value of the scalar, so that I do not have
to
make the changes to the do file.
Suppose I had a do file like
Scalar a=5
......
Expand a
.......
Can I get stata to prompt the user like
Enter the value for expansion :
that input then gets stored as a
The code executes..
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